...Talk about wasted space... Back when I had a marginal interest in things airliner, I booked myself ATL-IAD in the '70s on the domestic portion of the DL-PA 747 interchange service which continued on to London.....I was in Y and when we got off the ground, went up the stairway to the completely empty F cabin on the upper deck! There was one other person there, a PA Employee! No Cabin service, of course, but a nice ride all the same! Bryant Petitt Cumming, GA --- Mike Gammon <jmgammon@sympatico.ca> wrote: > Let's not forget the early days of the 747 when the > upper deck would have > bars, pianos, pubs, etc. It didn't take long for > the accountants to remind > the marketing people of that old saw, "arses in > seats, planes in the air", > and before you know it, they crammed the upper deck > with seats. If you were > lucky, your airline actually bothered to punch out > some extra windows up > there so you could see where you were headed... > > Mike Gammon > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "David J. Wallace" > <katana.flyer@telinco.co.uk> > To: <AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU> > Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 6:21 PM > Subject: Re: Frequent fliers try to create perfect > plane > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > The thing is the A380 is likely to be used on > routes with very high load > > factors - i.e LHR - SIN etc where the opportunity > cost of not cramming the > > rows in may be quite high. For that reason alone I > don't think we'll ever > see > > the spas or any of the other nice things. Not for > the people at the back > > anyway. It's a shame though - I was rather taken > with the idea of a hot > tub > > at 35000 feet hmmmm lots of possibilities. > > > > David > > > > On Wednesday 02 Oct 2002 11:26 pm, you wrote: > > > katana.flyer@telinco.co.uk writes: > > > << Airlines are in it to maximise profit - > > > passengers on the whole want the cheapest > tickets - that means cramming > in > > > the most economy rows you can get away with. If > you want space you pay > the > > > premium to sit up front. >> > > > I'd love to see the figures on that theory > (which is believed by 100% of > > > the aircarriers) > > > You would think, that flights are average > 80%-even 95% full then those > last > > > 2-3 rows of crowded in seats would be used only > occasionally. Wonder if > the > > > revenue loss would be much if any so have 2-3 > less rows and more room > for > > > the people? > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) > > > > > iD8DBQE9nML0KsvwCXwmAPgRAqTuAKCQ5ypPfJQHw9Ztue3eLu0AJ5xvVACfWi6M > > kF/QuHhR/N2RzkclU8hcaGM= > > =q+6z > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Faith Hill - Exclusive Performances, Videos & More http://faith.yahoo.com